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1st appeared 17 July 1998 Health Care Needs of the Underserved Are Not Forgotten It has been a successful journey for the California Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program, a little-known but quietly efficient organization formed two-and-a-half decades ago to provide partnerships between schools of medicine and community-based organizations. The California AHEC is under the watchful eye and direction of Katherine Flores, a family practice physician in private practice in Fresno and Assistant Dean in the UCSF-Fresno Medical Education Program. "The California AHEC has served as a catalyst for community-based health profession training across the country," said Flores, who was a medical resident who benefited from the AHEC program and who is considered to be a major success story to come out of the program. "It is because of AHEC's work that many of us are in practice in the Valley today," she said. AHEC's emphasis is on the all-important field of primary care. Its goal is to better serve the underserved rural and inner-city communities in gaining access to health care through health professions training intervention. In recognition of the program's contributions since its establishment in 1972, Gov. Pete Wilson has proclaimed Tuesday, July 21, 1998 as "California Area Health Education Center Program Day" in the state. A reception and ceremony commemorating the establishment of the AHEC program will be held July 21 at 11 a.m. at Arte Americas, 1630 Van Ness Blvd. in Fresno. Source: Joe Rosato, News Services |
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